1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
5. Reading and notating music
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture
PA Arts Standards 9.1. Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts:
▪ Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities
▪ Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce,
review and revise original works in the arts
▪ Recognize, know, and use and integrate fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms
▪ Analyze the function, benefits, and effect of rehearsal and practice sessions
▪ Demonstrate specific styles in combination through the production or performance of a unique work of art
▪ Know and distinguish among a variety of regional arts events and resources and analyze methods of
selection and admission
▪ Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in
the arts at work and performance spaces
▪ Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies in furthering knowledge and
understanding in the humanities
9.2 Historical and Cultural:
▪ Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts
▪ Relate works in the arts chronologically to historical events
9.3 Critical Response:
▪ Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities (Compare and
contrast, analyze, interpret, evaluate
▪ Identify and classify styles, forms, types and genre within art forms
▪ Describe and use types of critical analysis in the arts and humanities
9.4 Aesthetic Response:
▪ Evaluate an individual’s philosophical statement on a work in the arts and its relationship to one’s own
life based on knowledge and experience
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
5. Reading and notating music
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
7. Evaluating music and music performances
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture
PA Arts Standards
9.1. Production, Performance and Exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Arts:
▪ Know and use the elements and principles of each art form to create works in the arts and humanities
▪ Recognize, know, use and demonstrate a variety of appropriate arts elements and principles to produce,
review and revise original works in the arts
▪ Recognize, know, and use and integrate fundamental vocabulary within each of the arts forms
▪ Analyze the function, benefits, and effect of rehearsal and practice sessions
▪ Demonstrate specific styles in combination through the production or performance of a unique work of art
▪ Know and distinguish among a variety of regional arts events and resources and analyze methods of
selection and admission
▪ Incorporate the effective and safe use of materials, equipment and tools into the production of works in
the arts at work and performance spaces
▪ Analyze and evaluate the use of traditional and contemporary technologies in furthering knowledge and
understanding in the humanities
9.2 Historical and Cultural:
▪ Explain the historical, cultural and social context of an individual work in the arts
▪ Relate works in the arts chronologically to historical events
9.3 Critical Response:
▪ Explain and apply the critical examination processes of works in the arts and humanities (Compare and
contrast, analyze, interpret, evaluate
▪ Identify and classify styles, forms, types and genre within art forms
▪ Describe and use types of critical analysis in the arts and humanities
9.4 Aesthetic Response:
▪ Evaluate an individual’s philosophical statement on a work in the arts and its relationship to one’s own
life based on knowledge and experience